Simple transformation techniques for improved non-parametric regression

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-163

  Park, B U ^b   Kim, W C ^b   Ruppert, D ^b   Jones, M C ^a   Signorini, D F ^b   Kohn, R ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Kernel smoothing; Local linear regression; Local polynomial regression; Reduced bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031533323     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00055     Document Type: Article

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